A unit of Taiwan-based Foxconn, which produces most of world’s iPhones and iPads, is investing in Singapore-based social media platform mig33, another sign that the manufacturer wants to diversity its operations as revenue from consumer-brand clients slows.

FIH Mobile, the handset manufacturing unit of the company officially known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, said in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Wednesday that it is acquiring $2.2 million of securities and rights to new shares in Project Goth, the holding company of mig33.

The investment will rise by an additional $7.4 million subject to a PGI’s planned listing on the Australian Securities Exchange in June, giving FIH an indirect interest of up to 19.9% in PGI.

Mig33 offers private and group chat, microblogging, games, virtual gifts and more. It has 4 million monthly active users, according to co-founder and Chief Executive Steven Goh.

Asked if the arrangement means mig33 could be installed on Foxconn-produced phones, Goh said such an arrangement with Apple seems unlikely, but that Android or BlackBerry handsets were a possibility. Foxconn did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Foxconn, the world’s largest contract manufacturer of consumer electronics, has been expanding into the corporate market. Demand for servers and storage used in data centers has been on the rise, and Foxconn has formed a partnership with a Beijing-based company to expand into China’s nascent online-computing market.

Earlier this month Foxconn launched an online platform called Kick2real to assist global entrepreneurs in turning their creative ideas into prototypes at no cost. FIH Mobile has also set up a division called InnoConn to make new devices with the goal to support early-stage hardware innovation.

Mig33 focuses on Africa and Southeast Asia, and the investment will allow FIH to “gain exposure in mobile ecosystem in emerging markets,” allowing it “to reach out to more end users in this fast-growing region,” FIH said in the statement.

“This is Foxconn’s first investment in digital media,” Goh told The Wall Street Journal. “This is a really important deal for us because it connects us to the rising star of where so many of the world’s phones are being produced,” he said.

Mig33 in February acquired Alive Not Dead, a Hong Kong artists’ community site. “We’re going to be acquiring other content companies,” Goh said.